Geritola virginea

Species of butterfly

Geritola virginea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Geritola
Species:	G. virginea
Binomial name
*Geritola virginea* (Bethune-Baker, 1904)^[1]
Synonyms
Epitola virginea Bethune-Baker, 1904 Geritola (Geritola) virginea

Geritola virginea, the black-wing epitola, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, southern Nigeria, Cameroon and the Central African Republic.^[2] The habitat consists of forests.

References

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^ Geritola at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Subtribe Epitolina". Archived from the original on 2018-11-23. Retrieved 2012-09-14.